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Cathburn

Scotland
Era
Unknown Era
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Cathburn was a pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Scotland. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Cathburn lies on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Scheduled Monuments near Cathburn

Duntilland Hill, cairn
Duntilland Hill, cairn
Scheduled monument · ~4.8 mi

Duntilland Hill is a cairn situated in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The monument occupies ground underlain by the Scottish Coal Measures Group, geological formations laid down in the Moscovian period and comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This varied bedrock, typ…

Calderbank Iron Works, furnaces and associated works
Calderbank Iron Works, furnaces and associated works
Scheduled monument · ~5.6 mi

Calderbank Iron Works is a furnaces and associated works located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated on bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group. This geological foundation, formed during the Moscovian period, comprises mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete—the very raw…

Hallbar Tower, barmkin
Hallbar Tower, barmkin
Scheduled monument · ~5.6 mi

Hallbar Tower barmkin is a fortified enclosure in Lanarkshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The barmkin—a defensive stone wall surrounding a tower—belongs to the tradition of border fortifications that characterised the upland regions of southern S…

Woodhall House,800m W of Woodhall Cottage
Woodhall House,800m W of Woodhall Cottage
Scheduled monument · ~5.7 mi

Woodhall House is a standing structure located approximately 800 metres west of Woodhall Cottage in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site rests upon bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a geological formation dating from the Moscovian period, which comprises mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal…

Auchenglen, cairn 450m SSE of
Auchenglen, cairn 450m SSE of
Scheduled monument · ~5.9 mi

Auchenglen cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument situated 450 metres south-south-east of Auchenglen in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The cairn comprises a mound of stacked stone, characteristic of Neolithic and Bronze Age burial practices across northern Britain. Such monuments typically contained in…

Mid Bracco, hut circles 350m W of
Mid Bracco, hut circles 350m W of
Scheduled monument · ~6 mi

Mid Bracco is a hut circles site situated in Lanarkshire, Scotland, lying approximately 350 metres west of a second settlement of similar character. The monument comprises the remains of one or more prehistoric or early historic roundhouses, identifiable as low stone-built rings and depressions i…

Mid Bracco, deserted farmstead
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~6 miles
Craignethan Castle
Scheduled monument · ~6.2 miles
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Battles near Cathburn

Battle of Hieton
1650
~7 miles away
Hamilton, Cadzow Bridge
~7 miles away
Airdrie, Battle of Aerderyth
~7 miles away
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
1679
~7.7 miles away
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